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four years ago, i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. i promised to refocus on the terrorist who is attackeddous 9/11. and we have. we have blunted the taliban's momum in afghanistan and in 2014, our longest war will be over. a new tower rises above the new york skyline. kai is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [cheering] tonight, we pay tribute to the american who is still serve in harm's way. we are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected. we will never forget you. and so long as i am commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military, the world has ever known. when you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you have served us because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or the care that they need when they come home. around the world, we have strengthened old alians and forged new coalitions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. we have reasserted our power across the pacific and stood up
four years ago, i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. i promised to refocus on the terrorist who is attackeddous 9/11. and we have. we have blunted the taliban's momum in afghanistan and in 2014, our longest war will be over. a new tower rises above the new york skyline. kai is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [cheering] tonight, we pay tribute to the american who is still serve in harm's way. we are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country...
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it also shows a declining withdrawing america from iraq, from afghanistan, not being able to deal with terrorism in places like syria and the gaza strip and not being able to restrain iran and support for terrorism and nuclear weapons program. all of that continues of the impression of declining united states. >> jamie: and increasing sentiment of anti-americanism in places we wouldn't have expected it and those perceived as allies like pakistan in the news today. the question is, can this sentiment not only be from the protestors and from the treasureists of the world but also from the governments of these countries that we need to count as our allies in a war against terror? >> pakistan is very, very difficult country from the u.s. perspective and in the news recently a call for hundred thousand bounty who kills the maker of this movie. they have repudiated that. the head of the party that made the call got 2% of the vote. i think if the radical forces, the islamist forces in muslim countries are, to go up their demands and rioting in the streets, if the united states isn't prepared
it also shows a declining withdrawing america from iraq, from afghanistan, not being able to deal with terrorism in places like syria and the gaza strip and not being able to restrain iran and support for terrorism and nuclear weapons program. all of that continues of the impression of declining united states. >> jamie: and increasing sentiment of anti-americanism in places we wouldn't have expected it and those perceived as allies like pakistan in the news today. the question is, can...
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in the combined wars in iraq and afghanistan, nearly 6600 americans have been killed. almost 50,000 wounded. while all life is sacred, those figures are nothing like the vietnam war. however, i believe most historians will look back on the iraq war as being a mistake. we could have brought saddam to his knees by blockading his country. we didn't have to invade it. the weapons of mass destruction deal through all calibrations out. but we did not need iraq in order to win the war on terror. afghanistan is another matter. we had to remove the taliban and we did. the problem is that afghan society is largely corrupt and the usa has not been able to neutralize that corruption. so we're caught in a country that will not cooperate in helping itself become a free state. money and tribal conflicts rule in afghanistan. that has hurt america badly. again, we had to fight the war. president obama has done a good job in neutralizing al-qaeda, his killer drone strategy decimated that group. president bush did a good job in hammering al-qaeda after 9-11. his strategy of isolating and
in the combined wars in iraq and afghanistan, nearly 6600 americans have been killed. almost 50,000 wounded. while all life is sacred, those figures are nothing like the vietnam war. however, i believe most historians will look back on the iraq war as being a mistake. we could have brought saddam to his knees by blockading his country. we didn't have to invade it. the weapons of mass destruction deal through all calibrations out. but we did not need iraq in order to win the war on terror....
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a bloody day across iraq. baghdad official report a light night car bomb killed 11 people in a shiite neighborhood with one of several countrywide attacks that left 82 people dead and more than 300 wounded today. across the northeast folks are cleaning up the mess left behind by the powerful storms that barreled across the region. it spawned two tornadoes in new york city flooding towns in new england and leaving thousands without power near dc. >>> the ailing u.s. economy is taking center stage on the sunday talk shows. governor romney and his supporters focusing on unemployment and the americans giving up trying to find a job. here is that report from washington. >> the unemployment rate was lower than it was in july, but many are over looking that number, 8.1% and focusing on the 368,000 americans who gave up on their job hunts last month and how all of those folks drove the participation rate to 63.5%, the lowest since 1981. >> for every person who got a job, four stopped looking for work. that's not a goo
a bloody day across iraq. baghdad official report a light night car bomb killed 11 people in a shiite neighborhood with one of several countrywide attacks that left 82 people dead and more than 300 wounded today. across the northeast folks are cleaning up the mess left behind by the powerful storms that barreled across the region. it spawned two tornadoes in new york city flooding towns in new england and leaving thousands without power near dc. >>> the ailing u.s. economy is taking...
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readiness and national security, along with the medical needs of the thousands of returning veterans from iraq and afghanistan, it could be a disaster. >> this is a crisis. in this kind of circumstance, given the threats around the world. given the need for employment here, given the need of our veterans, how in the world as commander in chief you could stand by as we shrink our military commitment is something i don't understand and i will reverse it. >> reporter:at the same time. governor picked up the endorsement of 42 medal of honor recipients. >> shep: we're seeing another old video of governor romney? >> from 1985 as bain capital, it was a video presentation where governor romney then just mitt romney was talking about the goals of being bain capital to invest in start-up companies and then take and manage them and five to eight years and harvest them at a significant profit. obama campaign jumped over the word harvest, it's clear that he was only interested in making profits through bain capital and not interested in creating jobs. here is the response from the romney campaign, saying,
readiness and national security, along with the medical needs of the thousands of returning veterans from iraq and afghanistan, it could be a disaster. >> this is a crisis. in this kind of circumstance, given the threats around the world. given the need for employment here, given the need of our veterans, how in the world as commander in chief you could stand by as we shrink our military commitment is something i don't understand and i will reverse it. >> reporter:at the same time....
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it's spilling into lebanon and iraq which we have completely abandoned. if mitt romney does get through this, he will be facing a dangerous world. >> paul: what should romney say to that he is a warmonger? >> i would regard it as infantile remark, suggesting that your opponent is going to start a war when there is no evidence of that. let me give you one example. president of france said we cannot just stand by while terrorists take over mali, northern africa which has been under salt by islamist extremists. in his interview, barack obama says middle east and northern africa is moving toward an area of peace and prosperity. he has stuck his head in the sand. >> we turn to control of the senate and can scott brown hold on to ted kennedy's old seat or will elizabeth warren return it to the democratic hold? obably g. [ dennis' voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. actually... [ dennis' voice ] an allstate agent can help do the switching and paperwork for you. well, it probably costs a lot. [ dennis' voice ] allstate
it's spilling into lebanon and iraq which we have completely abandoned. if mitt romney does get through this, he will be facing a dangerous world. >> paul: what should romney say to that he is a warmonger? >> i would regard it as infantile remark, suggesting that your opponent is going to start a war when there is no evidence of that. let me give you one example. president of france said we cannot just stand by while terrorists take over mali, northern africa which has been under...
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he said it was tragic to leave iraq and then he said it was fine. he said we should have he ran down a hallway to run away from the reporters who were asking questions. then he said the intervention was too aggressive. and then he said the world was a better place because the intervention succeeded. talk about being for it before you were against it. [ cheers and applause ] mr. romney, mr. romney, mr. romney, here is a little advice, before you debate barak obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself. [ cheers and applause ] president mitt romney, three very hypothetical words that mystify and alienated our allies this summer. for mitt romney an overseas trip is what you call it when you trip all over yourself overseas. you know, it wasn't a goodwill mission. it was a blooper reel. but, but, but a romney-ryan foreign policy would be anything but funny. every president of both parties for 60 years has worked for nuclear arms control, but not mitt romney. republican sos of state from kissinger to powell to rice, president bush,
he said it was tragic to leave iraq and then he said it was fine. he said we should have he ran down a hallway to run away from the reporters who were asking questions. then he said the intervention was too aggressive. and then he said the world was a better place because the intervention succeeded. talk about being for it before you were against it. [ cheers and applause ] mr. romney, mr. romney, mr. romney, here is a little advice, before you debate barak obama on foreign policy, you better...
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my choice is to do what my crew did for me in a dusty field in iraq. on november 12, 2004, i was copilotting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. a rocket propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lap, ripping off one leg, crushing the other, and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together. even though they were wounded themselves and insurgents were nearby, they simply refused to leave a fallen comrade behind. their heroism is why i'm alive today. and ultimately -- [ cheers and applause ] ultimately that is what this election is about. yes, it's about the issues that matter to me, building -- (chance of usa! usa! ) building an economy that will create jobs here at home, that will -- and outcompete countries around the world. but it's also about something else. it's about whether we do for our fellow americans what my crew did for me, whether we'll look out for the hardest hit and th
my choice is to do what my crew did for me in a dusty field in iraq. on november 12, 2004, i was copilotting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. a rocket propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lap, ripping off one leg, crushing the other, and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together. even though they were wounded...
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as you know, iraq is won by a shia majority government. they are worried about being -- seeing president assad fall to insurgents in syria. they see this as a matter of national survival. that's probably why they willing to tolerate this overflight. >>shepard: is it fair to say that this began as sort of a people's uprising and switched to a bit a civil war, and, now, could be considered a religious conflict? >>guest: well, on the last point, sectarian religious part is based on the knick -- ethnic differences, the shia here, they have certain ethnic differences from other syrian groups. yes, i am just sort of adding nuance, there is a strong divide here, the shia in syria are the minority, the opposite of iraq, and they are in power assad sad was the minority sunni in iraq until he was overthrown back in 2003 so it is the reverse image of iraq and you have a lot of the same kind of potential for an ugly sectarian and religious war. >>shepard: there are a lot of calls out there for the united states to get involved with a line drawn in the
as you know, iraq is won by a shia majority government. they are worried about being -- seeing president assad fall to insurgents in syria. they see this as a matter of national survival. that's probably why they willing to tolerate this overflight. >>shepard: is it fair to say that this began as sort of a people's uprising and switched to a bit a civil war, and, now, could be considered a religious conflict? >>guest: well, on the last point, sectarian religious part is based on the...
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but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it have a matter if we would have stayed for five more years? when you exit out and the chaos that happens between sunni and shea and the in-fighting that is going to happen, as they build a democracy, this isn't going to happen overnight. >> greta: if its matter of keeping promises, he said he closed gitmo. that never happened. second thing, past week there has been a narrative of this crazy, was it a videotape or terrorism and now seems to be terrorism? >> with gitmo, one of the strange things, he hasn't kept a promise the people he upset is the left. people lik
but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it...
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protests in iran, iraq, bangladesh and morocco. and the u.s. is fear that this violence will continue to spread. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout this hour. joining me with reaction, senator john mccain. i do know that you personally knew ambassador chris stevens. i am sorry about the loss, both for him, the country and his family and all the other families involved. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for saying that, sean. shawn smith and the other two americans, our hearts and prayers go out to them and their families. thank you. i want to say that chris stevens was one of the finest men that i have had the opportunity and honor of knowing. he came to benghazi on a cargo ship, lived in a hotel, risked his life, every single day. he loved the libya people and he loved america. >> sean: all right. so i am beyond outraged, angry, senator. our embassy is attacked, our flag ripped down, chanting, you know, that is going on in support of al qaeda, et cetera and the official position of the obama administration through their
protests in iran, iraq, bangladesh and morocco. and the u.s. is fear that this violence will continue to spread. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout this hour. joining me with reaction, senator john mccain. i do know that you personally knew ambassador chris stevens. i am sorry about the loss, both for him, the country and his family and all the other families involved. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for saying that, sean. shawn smith and the other two americans,...
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we were still warring in iraq. four years earlier, so did john kerry. this is hardly knew. getting sanctimonious about it. republicans didn't like it when democrats did. they'm sure the democrats are no fans of republicans doing it now. that is politics. this is rage is politics, too. i'll say this, as jimmy carter. when he claimed the iranian hostage crisis kept him hunkered down in white house and couldn't do anything else, he really was hunkered in the white house, and not doing anything else. i don't know what he doing in there. kennedy was iing to debate him and reagan was iing and eager to debate him. but carter remained are you collusive. only one debate that year. true to his word or maybe true to avoiding appearing less than presidential. but the strategy didn't work out well for carter, which might be while barack obama isn't exactly copying it. saying you are all consumed in the mideast crisis but not so consumed you are actually to be consumed 24/7 at the white house to deal with it. i've had enough of it. white house that dares to call mitt romney opportunenist
we were still warring in iraq. four years earlier, so did john kerry. this is hardly knew. getting sanctimonious about it. republicans didn't like it when democrats did. they'm sure the democrats are no fans of republicans doing it now. that is politics. this is rage is politics, too. i'll say this, as jimmy carter. when he claimed the iranian hostage crisis kept him hunkered down in white house and couldn't do anything else, he really was hunkered in the white house, and not doing anything...
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travis was killed in fallujah iraq back in 2007. his mother, who is also since passed away started a foundation in his name. it is one of the pillars of that foundation that is the 9/11 heroes run. so we want to tell you a little bit about it because it is happening this weekend. some 25,000 wounded warriors and regular folks like you and me will run in 5-k races in close to 50 cities and towns around the country and even internationally there are races as well. 50,000 spectators are expected at the races. the monies raised will go to charities to help military veterans and active duty troops as well as local charities, first-responders, things lying that. if you like to get out and show your support, find the race locations by going to the website, 9/11heroesrun.com. you canned find the link on "happening now" website. what are you doing tomorrow morning any ways? get out and go for a run. we'll have the information at happening now.com and we will be back with nor l more the same set of values that drive our nation's military are
travis was killed in fallujah iraq back in 2007. his mother, who is also since passed away started a foundation in his name. it is one of the pillars of that foundation that is the 9/11 heroes run. so we want to tell you a little bit about it because it is happening this weekend. some 25,000 wounded warriors and regular folks like you and me will run in 5-k races in close to 50 cities and towns around the country and even internationally there are races as well. 50,000 spectators are expected...
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that point to a growing number of jihadist, foreign fighters moving into the syrian fight usually from iraq who gained a lost experience this. that is the kind of thing that could begin to swing the favor toward the opposition as this fight goes forward. >>shepard: activists reported yesterday was the most deadly day sin the fighting began with 300 people killed. >>reporter: exactly. what we are seeing today is a continuation of the violence street to street clashes that the rebels have been able to actually break out anywhere and hold any type of real ground. the u.s. and allies have given up on the rebels' ability to kick out president assad. we have seen maneuvering by china and russia protecting president assad. we got an interesting warning that the fighting you are seeing could turn into a regional war according to the u.n. secretary-general who obviously is trying to broker some kind of deal. >>shepard: thank you. mexican authorities report that they have captured one of the most wanted drug kingpins. the man is so ruthly he goes by the rig name el taliban. mexican marines captured t
that point to a growing number of jihadist, foreign fighters moving into the syrian fight usually from iraq who gained a lost experience this. that is the kind of thing that could begin to swing the favor toward the opposition as this fight goes forward. >>shepard: activists reported yesterday was the most deadly day sin the fighting began with 300 people killed. >>reporter: exactly. what we are seeing today is a continuation of the violence street to street clashes that the rebels...
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they hated us because of iraq and because of guantanamo. they hated us because of the torture -- he used the word and accuses his own country ever torturing. and he is now apologizing and promising to change course. we would no longer be tough. we would be loved. we would show compassion. and we would get out of iraq. he set a deadline for afghanistan. he doesn't support the green revolution in iran. he shows the ayatollahs tremendous respect. he essentially protects them when they are under attack. he gets nowhere on the iran nuclear issue. he is equivocal in the arab spring. he leads from behind in libya. the theory was if we go soft and we are very nice, if we -- if we say [speaking in arabic [enough times, it will be all right. he decided, the theory and therefore the practice is going to be, retreat and withdraw. remember the line he uses? the tide of war is receding. >> sean: exactly. >> that means the tide of american power is receding. and the reason that american interests, schools, embassies, businesses are aflame in the middle-ea
they hated us because of iraq and because of guantanamo. they hated us because of the torture -- he used the word and accuses his own country ever torturing. and he is now apologizing and promising to change course. we would no longer be tough. we would be loved. we would show compassion. and we would get out of iraq. he set a deadline for afghanistan. he doesn't support the green revolution in iran. he shows the ayatollahs tremendous respect. he essentially protects them when they are under...
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iraq is not particularly working, afghanistan is not particularly working. we have no strategy for pakistan. egypt is sliding away. remember, the muslim brotherhood, who we all thought it was fairly radical, is now the moderate wing in egypt. there is another group that is far more radical than the muslim brotherhood and i don't think we appreciate yet how much turmoil the region is in. >> we do the assessment and give it the worst case scenario it's as bad as many of us hope it is not, then what do you do? >> i'm actually having a press conference tomorrow at the national press club with scott noble to lay out a strategy. the first thing i think you do is create an american energy policy that creates, as romney said, creates north american independence in this decade. there was a hillary clinton memo in 2010 where she said the saudis are clearly the leading funders of terrorism and we don't seem to be able to get them to stop n this administration we have increased the amount of oil we are buying from sueddy arabia. we are asking them to release more oil so
iraq is not particularly working, afghanistan is not particularly working. we have no strategy for pakistan. egypt is sliding away. remember, the muslim brotherhood, who we all thought it was fairly radical, is now the moderate wing in egypt. there is another group that is far more radical than the muslim brotherhood and i don't think we appreciate yet how much turmoil the region is in. >> we do the assessment and give it the worst case scenario it's as bad as many of us hope it is not,...
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is he saying he would not withdraw from iraq? he would rather we still be there? the consequences of what he is imlying are not policies that would be popular with americans right now. so, it makes it hard, he has the sweeping language how he wanted to project strength but he will not say what that means. strength can be military force or spending more on foreign aid, it is not clear what the actions would be. >>chris: even if romney's timing was wrong, there is a legitimate debate to have over the president's foreign policy and we had some of i today with ambassador rice and congressman rogers. yet i talked to top officials in the romney campaign who have no plans for major foreign policy speech in the next few weeks before the debates. the question is, why not? i keep home alive they will think they should address the issue that is on the mind of we every american now. what is going on over there? why is it happening? what would the next president do to address it? it is crazy not to address it. that is what people want to hear about. i heard from a congressiona
is he saying he would not withdraw from iraq? he would rather we still be there? the consequences of what he is imlying are not policies that would be popular with americans right now. so, it makes it hard, he has the sweeping language how he wanted to project strength but he will not say what that means. strength can be military force or spending more on foreign aid, it is not clear what the actions would be. >>chris: even if romney's timing was wrong, there is a legitimate debate to...
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we have a president that is announcing we are retreating from afghanistan and iraq so we can do nation building at home. won't meet with netanyahu and draw a red line for their nuclear program. weakness is provocative. >> what happened to diplomacy, gentlemen? are you saying we should go to the war? [ talking over each other ] >> sean: stop apologizing for the pretext which is this ad which is the and cause is weakness. also coming up, a despicable and anti-christian piece. what they called so-called art is set to make return to new york and backlash from the white house is non-existent. no tv ads condemning the work and no shot of hillary clinton calling it deplorable and likely party to venorate this trash. party to venorate this trash. do you see a doubltçtçtçtçtç@@ jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits
we have a president that is announcing we are retreating from afghanistan and iraq so we can do nation building at home. won't meet with netanyahu and draw a red line for their nuclear program. weakness is provocative. >> what happened to diplomacy, gentlemen? are you saying we should go to the war? [ talking over each other ] >> sean: stop apologizing for the pretext which is this ad which is the and cause is weakness. also coming up, a despicable and anti-christian piece. what...
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. >> it's also, look at iraq and also reduced our leverage on players that are inclined to help us. there was news, again, just this week of overflights from iran to syria and the iraqi government basically can't do anything about it because we don't have a u.s. presence there anymore. >> and joe biden asked the president of iraq to please stop these flights and he's been rebuffed. and some say we may have to withdraw the aid if you don't stop the flight. but they don't have-- >> leverage. >> we have a lot less leverage with them. should mitt romney make foreign policy more after issue in the campaign? >> i think that obama is actually vulnerable on foreign policy. there's an image that obama got usama there for-- and dan points out, a very bad position, increasingly aggressive enough on the part of the east and iran rushing towards a nuclear weapon. >> paul: he can do that,'s he going to have an opportunity one of the debates almost all on foreign policy. i know bret can't wait for that. well, forget the middle east, if you're following presidential campaign, you may think that chi
. >> it's also, look at iraq and also reduced our leverage on players that are inclined to help us. there was news, again, just this week of overflights from iran to syria and the iraqi government basically can't do anything about it because we don't have a u.s. presence there anymore. >> and joe biden asked the president of iraq to please stop these flights and he's been rebuffed. and some say we may have to withdraw the aid if you don't stop the flight. but they don't have--...
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i haven't seen, obviously in iraq and afghanistan we have heavy security. but in libya, i don't understand. the state department and regional security officers are a terrific bunch of people. i don't understand how they, they missed the risk assessment on this facility? >> a civilian could predict that. it is 9/11 in libya. you are a marine and guarding the embassy, why was their no marines there? >> the administration miss today by a lone shot. a month or year ago, we should have had fast team necessary place like libya and sud an. >> and a fast team quick response if there is a problem? >> no, we should have had these, these fast teams or the fleet of anti-terrorist security that we are trying to deploy. sudan is refusing to allow a fast team in place. i hope that the obama administration forces it right down their throat. >> we had to beg president morsi from egypt to apologize or send condollence. not apologize. why did he not have the ambassador have the security he deserved. >> the fast team should have been in plast last year. the obama administratio
i haven't seen, obviously in iraq and afghanistan we have heavy security. but in libya, i don't understand. the state department and regional security officers are a terrific bunch of people. i don't understand how they, they missed the risk assessment on this facility? >> a civilian could predict that. it is 9/11 in libya. you are a marine and guarding the embassy, why was their no marines there? >> the administration miss today by a lone shot. a month or year ago, we should have...
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only six from iraq. 1600 from the vietnam war. we think about them. and we pray for the families. that's it for us on "the five." have a great weekend. bye. >> bret: what really happened at the u.s. consulate in libya? why does the official story keep changing, as new anti-american violence erupts in another country? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. we'll have team coverage of the account of deadly attack on americans in a minute. first, pakistanis took to the street to protest, encouraged by the government. what transpired quickly turned violent and then deadly. across pakistan. at least 19 people died today in the worst anti-american protest going on in half a dozen countries in the region. the total debt count since the protection began stands at 49 now. correspondent leland vittert is watching the developing story from cairo. >> from pakistan to iran, sri lanka to lebanon, iraq to india, american flag and effigies of president obama burned. riot police battled for control of the street. and walls of tear gas protected american embassies
only six from iraq. 1600 from the vietnam war. we think about them. and we pray for the families. that's it for us on "the five." have a great weekend. bye. >> bret: what really happened at the u.s. consulate in libya? why does the official story keep changing, as new anti-american violence erupts in another country? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. we'll have team coverage of the account of deadly attack on americans in a...
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i haven't seen, obviously in iraq and afghanistan we have heavy security. but in libya, i don't understand. the state department and regional security officers are a terrific bunch of people. i don't understand how they, they missed the risk assessment on this facility? >> a civilian could predict that. it is 9/11 in libya. you are a marine and guarding the embassy, why was their no marines there? >> the administration miss today by a lone shot. a month or year ago, we should have had fast team necessary place like libya and sud an. >> and a fast team quick response if there is a problem? >> no, we should have had these, these fast teams or the fleet of anti-terrorist security that we are trying to deploy. sudan is refusing to allow a fast team in place. i hope that the obama administration forces it right down their throat. >> we had to beg president morsi from egypt to apologize or send condollence. not apologize. why did he not have the ambassador have the security he deserved. >> the fast team should have been in plast last year. the obama administratio
i haven't seen, obviously in iraq and afghanistan we have heavy security. but in libya, i don't understand. the state department and regional security officers are a terrific bunch of people. i don't understand how they, they missed the risk assessment on this facility? >> a civilian could predict that. it is 9/11 in libya. you are a marine and guarding the embassy, why was their no marines there? >> the administration miss today by a lone shot. a month or year ago, we should have...
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jenna: why should iraq listen to us? >> i think it is very unlikely iraq will listen to us. i think the administration's decision to pull out combat troops simply allowed iran to increase its influence over the maliki government. that is one of the reasons i'm worried about stability in iraq itself. it was one of the consequences entirely predictable when this withdrawal went forward. jenna: but iran has been involved in iraq and iraqi politics now for a while, ambassador, right? we've seen this before. iran's technology has been responsibility for killing our troops in iraq and afghanistan. >> right. and i think the iranian influence in iraq has also been steadily increasing over these past several years. i think another thing to look at, iran using iraqi facilities to smuggle oil out of iran, to sell it on the world markets as iraqi oil or to allow it to be used inside iraq. there are any number of ways in which the two governments are cooperating to the disadvantage of the united states and our other friends in the region. jenna: ambassador, i'm looking at the headline up
jenna: why should iraq listen to us? >> i think it is very unlikely iraq will listen to us. i think the administration's decision to pull out combat troops simply allowed iran to increase its influence over the maliki government. that is one of the reasons i'm worried about stability in iraq itself. it was one of the consequences entirely predictable when this withdrawal went forward. jenna: but iran has been involved in iraq and iraqi politics now for a while, ambassador, right? we've...
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ended iraq war on george w. bush's schedule and afghanistan in 2014 he then counts those savings. this is $800 billion in interest payments and he call that's a spending cut. no account for $716 billion from medicare he's borrowing from medicare and has to repay. if you look at his budget what he's put there in black and white and ask congress to pass versus g.o.p. house budget president obama calls for a trillion dollars more in spending than is called for in-house republican budget and $300 billion more in taxes so this is increasing the deficit above what republicans have been suggesting we do. yet, tonight went out there and said i'm going to cut this $4 trillion wasn't believable. >> and that is one of the things last week in tampa is this theme if you didn't build it they've been slamming the president for that. tonight we didn't hear that but that was the theme is that everyone sort of worked together as a community and citizen. soy thought he was directly trying to respond to that without using buzz word
ended iraq war on george w. bush's schedule and afghanistan in 2014 he then counts those savings. this is $800 billion in interest payments and he call that's a spending cut. no account for $716 billion from medicare he's borrowing from medicare and has to repay. if you look at his budget what he's put there in black and white and ask congress to pass versus g.o.p. house budget president obama calls for a trillion dollars more in spending than is called for in-house republican budget and $300...
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gregg: right. >> you magically assume that iraq ended in 12 and iraq ends in 14. he has $800 billion in savings on lower interest costs on two previously claimed savings. i didn't know interest was a spending program. that is what we're obligated. better way to look at this, gregg, he add as trillion dollars in new spending above the house republican budget and $300 billion in taxes over next 10 years. a net of $700 billion on spending on red ink side and negative side than the republican plan. gregg: he is blaming some of things your ex-boss did? >> he said i ended. he ended on forces of agreement which bush negotiated with iraqis when he left office. he claimed president bush's energy programs that he put in place. states setting standards for what children should learn and meeting those standards. that is president bush's no child left behind program. at least bill clinton had the courtesy to applaud president bush for foreign initiative. president obama claimed bush's achievements as his own. gregg: karl rove, great to see you. thanks very much with your ever
gregg: right. >> you magically assume that iraq ended in 12 and iraq ends in 14. he has $800 billion in savings on lower interest costs on two previously claimed savings. i didn't know interest was a spending program. that is what we're obligated. better way to look at this, gregg, he add as trillion dollars in new spending above the house republican budget and $300 billion in taxes over next 10 years. a net of $700 billion on spending on red ink side and negative side than the republican...
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so you now have iran and iraq with no american presence. afghanistan, a completely different situation where the president from the very beginning started announcing the time table for withdrawal said, okay, we will surge, but we won't give two complete fighting seasons. it's common sense, you don't have to be a brain surgeon here to understand that when you tell the enemy, listen, we are going to surge but we are out of there by this date, the enemy will sit back and wait in a situation as dangerous as those two countries are, for our allies to feel that they don't have a strong partner, it is going to be very difficult for them to stand up with us. i would say what is happening in iraq and afghanistan, bog, in addition to what is happening in the region, are in many ways, a direct result of the administration's policy. >> let me ask you, what do we do now? in light of the fact that this is a situation where we have -- if you were -- if you were president, what would you do? >> i would say, number 1, we are going to absolutely bring justic
so you now have iran and iraq with no american presence. afghanistan, a completely different situation where the president from the very beginning started announcing the time table for withdrawal said, okay, we will surge, but we won't give two complete fighting seasons. it's common sense, you don't have to be a brain surgeon here to understand that when you tell the enemy, listen, we are going to surge but we are out of there by this date, the enemy will sit back and wait in a situation as...
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what started in egypt and libya now spread to yemen, tunisia, iraq, elsewhere. at this hour, two navy destroy years plus a team of marines are scrambling in the persian gulf. go live to fox news foreign correspondent leland vittert on the ground in cairo. put a picture -- >> reporter: eric, this i belowe is a large street battle going back and forth between the egyptian police and riots in egypt as they try to storm the u.s. embassy, the egyptian police now 48 hours after the rioters got inside the compound are able to push these people back using a combination of tear gas, and rubber bullets that is now continuing well in the night here. 11:00 p.m. in cairo. it's still going strong. ricochets of the rubber bullets is piercing the air here in cairo. the difference, though, the equipages police defending the embassy compound and keeping the rioters out. they're a combination of heavily anti-american and angry over the anti-prophet muhammad movie. a number of them chanting "with our blood, our soul we defend you, o, prophet." injuries in the hundreds. one thing eg
what started in egypt and libya now spread to yemen, tunisia, iraq, elsewhere. at this hour, two navy destroy years plus a team of marines are scrambling in the persian gulf. go live to fox news foreign correspondent leland vittert on the ground in cairo. put a picture -- >> reporter: eric, this i belowe is a large street battle going back and forth between the egyptian police and riots in egypt as they try to storm the u.s. embassy, the egyptian police now 48 hours after the rioters got...
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he earned his purple heart after being hit by enemy fire in iraq. the accused shooter is now behind bars. >> brian: pregame prayers no longer allowed at harrelson county high school in georgia. the school board is stopping the prayer that's been happening for 15 years because of a atheist group cystagon constitutional and threatened to sue. >> chipping away all of our freedoms are slowly being chipped away. >> prayer has never hurt anyone. if you don't want to pray, don't bow your head. >> brian: people in town aren't giving up without a fight. a local shop made t-shirts like these and 3,000 people are expected to real estate in unity tonight at the team's first home game. all will be praying for their teams to win. >> steve: that's right. normally hummers get a bad rap. we're talking about humvees as gas guzzlers. they destroy mother earth and stuff like that. now one is being hailed, a humvee, as a hero for saving a group of teens. a man drove his vehicle into another car on purpose in order to stop the driver from hitting the teen-agers. they wer
he earned his purple heart after being hit by enemy fire in iraq. the accused shooter is now behind bars. >> brian: pregame prayers no longer allowed at harrelson county high school in georgia. the school board is stopping the prayer that's been happening for 15 years because of a atheist group cystagon constitutional and threatened to sue. >> chipping away all of our freedoms are slowly being chipped away. >> prayer has never hurt anyone. if you don't want to pray, don't bow...
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the prime minister says iraq is enraching uranium needed to for iran. the u.s. said it favors sinkses a sinkses and has not ruled out the possibility of action. are to go to fox news.com. >> mike: congresswoman, you were critical of obama's actions. let's talk to that. and how do you feel he handled the after math of this situation to concerns that you had a year ago. i said it was wrong per barak obama to come in. and he started bombing libya and gaddafi, no one loved gaddafi and he was neutral and working with us on different issues and now the problem was. we knew we had a lot of al-qaida in libya and recruited to kill our troops in iraq. if you desuppose gaddafi, the question is who is next? who will take over. that's the problem that we are seeing in libya? it is complete lawlessness in a break down of society and a lot of weapons that went missing when gaddafi was desupposed and a lot of those weapons are now in the middle east. >> mike: one of the people killed hours before he was killed, he said we are fearful that there will be an attack. i hope we don'
the prime minister says iraq is enraching uranium needed to for iran. the u.s. said it favors sinkses a sinkses and has not ruled out the possibility of action. are to go to fox news.com. >> mike: congresswoman, you were critical of obama's actions. let's talk to that. and how do you feel he handled the after math of this situation to concerns that you had a year ago. i said it was wrong per barak obama to come in. and he started bombing libya and gaddafi, no one loved gaddafi and he was...
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very briefly could i tell you in iraq it is unraveling. they just convicted the president to death penalty. al-qaida is resurgance. the relations between the three different enities sunni and shia and kurds is breaking down. iran is influence is increasing and iranian planes is flying over iraq to syria with arms for assad as we speak. in afghanistan we have had to adopt a policy and not training with the afghan troops, thoo moons they will not be ready to take over the responsibilitis and frankly they never were and so we have to evaluate our whole situation. the attack on the base in kandahar was the most offensive. we lost 200 million worth of airplanes in the death and tragic death of two marines and in syria, the massacre goes on. and finally in iran we continue on the collision course and the administration continues to try to urge the israelis not to attack iran rather than telling iran we are with the israelis and we have drawn red lines and they can't cross them. >> you are asking that we halt the draw down of u.s. forces there? >
very briefly could i tell you in iraq it is unraveling. they just convicted the president to death penalty. al-qaida is resurgance. the relations between the three different enities sunni and shia and kurds is breaking down. iran is influence is increasing and iranian planes is flying over iraq to syria with arms for assad as we speak. in afghanistan we have had to adopt a policy and not training with the afghan troops, thoo moons they will not be ready to take over the responsibilitis and...
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distancing from israel, withdrawal from iraq. all of these were premiseed on the thought that if we only were more accommodating with the muslim world we would be popular and we would have respect and affection again. that is now inflamed, so they have to pretend it's all about a video. >> bret: 30 seconds, fred. does this turn politically for mitt romney after all of the focus by much of the main stream media on the official statement about this incident? >> well, i thought the statement was correct then. the ball is in his court. it's up to him. he has an opportunity to now take a strong stand on foreign policy. this is a test of his leadership. and we'll see what happens. there is plenty of time left in alisyn camerot the campaign a small stand. >> bret: 20 seconds. >> 26% of people approved of the romney state in the the poll today. that doesn't look great for him. he is not stepping in to this and he is not acting with real estate is not following through on the initial criticisms unless he does something and offers an a ear
distancing from israel, withdrawal from iraq. all of these were premiseed on the thought that if we only were more accommodating with the muslim world we would be popular and we would have respect and affection again. that is now inflamed, so they have to pretend it's all about a video. >> bret: 30 seconds, fred. does this turn politically for mitt romney after all of the focus by much of the main stream media on the official statement about this incident? >> well, i thought the...
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iraq! george bush's iraq. that's how you install a democracy in the middle-east, with the help of the united states military. it is not with a bunch of men running around, gang raping american journalists and shooting guns in the air. the idea that this was going to lead to anything good was preposterous. >> a big impact on the campaign -- last question. >> i -- i-- >>> booing god and booing jerusalem -- >> i think it ought to. but i think the economy is going to remain the predominant issue. but i don't know. this could get worse and worse. the more you back down to savage, the more they are going to attack. >> sean: we are living through at this time rise of radical islamists. >> you know what we are -- we are living off the good effect of the war in iraq. the good effect of the bush years. but you can only live off that so long. >> sean: i think this president is a wimp. i think this president doesn't have the courage to stand up to these terrorists. either that or he can't identify it for what it is -- >>
iraq! george bush's iraq. that's how you install a democracy in the middle-east, with the help of the united states military. it is not with a bunch of men running around, gang raping american journalists and shooting guns in the air. the idea that this was going to lead to anything good was preposterous. >> a big impact on the campaign -- last question. >> i -- i-- >>> booing god and booing jerusalem -- >> i think it ought to. but i think the economy is going to...
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same thing's happened in iraq. he said the war was ended in iraq. no, it wasn't. it was not certainly ended for iraqis. people are getting killed every week, but the americans pulled out. if we end up with an israeli strike on iran, there's going to be a total mess in the persian gulf. >> bill: in talking about the u.n., he said the u.s. will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i'm not sure what he means by "what we must do." i don't expect him to set it out in detail, but he said. >> look, since he refuses to meet with netanyahu, it's a little hard to figure out what he thinks what we must do is. my first meeting as speaker, before i was even sworn in, was in december of 1994 with the prime minister of israel. he was worried about iran. he said i'm not worried about the israelis. we'll manage that. he said we can't cope withan. that's 1984. the foundation have been planning an attack -- we have to confront the reality that if netanyahu concludes that obama is totally unreliable, they're going to attack iran. >> bill: another issue, wh
same thing's happened in iraq. he said the war was ended in iraq. no, it wasn't. it was not certainly ended for iraqis. people are getting killed every week, but the americans pulled out. if we end up with an israeli strike on iran, there's going to be a total mess in the persian gulf. >> bill: in talking about the u.n., he said the u.s. will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i'm not sure what he means by "what we must do." i don't expect him to...
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and i ended the war in iraq, bringing home the troops in afghanistan, i killed bin laden, and he says throw that-- >> how does romney do that, sounding presidential and sounding confident on the issue? and doesn't want to debate on afghanistan. >> no, he doesn't. the fact of the matter is, the war is somewhat unpopular even on the right. so, it's a challenge for romney. and foreign policy, and of course, being a governor, and his life story has not brought about a lot of foreign policy experience and he's made some gaffes. >> paul: jim, if you-- talk to the strategists, and their advantage they say always comes down to the electoral college and romney simply has to win too many states that obamacare i had in 2008. he basically has to do an inside straight to carry the states. right now, the only romney-- the only obama states from 2008 that romney is ahead in, is indiana, which he probably put away and north carolina, but florida, ohio, virginia, the rest, got a slight obama lead. what does it say about dan's point that it's a setup for a romney victory. >> i think that, one of the ot
and i ended the war in iraq, bringing home the troops in afghanistan, i killed bin laden, and he says throw that-- >> how does romney do that, sounding presidential and sounding confident on the issue? and doesn't want to debate on afghanistan. >> no, he doesn't. the fact of the matter is, the war is somewhat unpopular even on the right. so, it's a challenge for romney. and foreign policy, and of course, being a governor, and his life story has not brought about a lot of foreign...